added today (8/31): we started 6 more plants....2 will be watered with fresh tap water, 2 will be watered with microwaved water, and 2 will be watered with stove top boiled water...will be interesting to see how it goes this time)
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A couple months ago I had read about someone planting a couple items...then they watered one with water that had been microwaved. The other they watered with regular water. It said that the one with microwaved water did not grow at all but the one with "regular" water flourished. I didn't think this was true and I suspected there would at least be some growth in both pots.
I decided to try this experiment with my our kids. I bought 6 small planters and some marigold seeds along with some soil. I let the kids decorate the planters, then they filled their pots with soil and planted their seeds. We then took two water bottles and labeled them..one with water that I had microwaved for 5 min and let cool to room temperature, then the other with fresh tap water that was also left at room temperature. We set them in our kitchen window seal...3 on one side and 3 on the other. We watered them daily with the same amount of water with the only difference being 3 were watered with fresh water and 3 were watered with the microwaved water. Here are a few pics during our experiment. There was an OBVIOUS difference. Check it out.........
The top row are regular waterthe bottom row are microwaved water
(very obvious difference)
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microwaved water (upper photo)vs
regular water (bottom photo)
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regular water on leftmicrowaved water on right
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Final photos....look at the huge difference. 
The flowers that were watered with regular fresh water obviously grew at a much faster rate than the flowers watered with microwaved water. The fresh water flowers had much fuller and healthier looking leaves then the others. They also had many more flowers than the microwaved ones. Makes you think twice about what you are eating that comes out of a microwave. Surely makes me want to use my microwave less. This is proof that the microwave damages the food and things we put into it.
( I had decided to do 3 of each...to be sure the results were consistent...which you can see from the pics that they were)
